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P. FRANTZ.

DOOR HANGER.

APPLICATION mm 1AN.21,1915.

Patented. Aug. 22, 1916.

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PETER FRANTZ, OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO FRANTZ MANUFACTURING CO., OF STERLING, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F ILLINOIS.

DOOR-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1916.

Application led January 21, 1915. Serial No. 3,463.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, PETER FRANTZ, a citi- Zen of the United States of America, and resident of Sterling, Whiteside county, Illinois, (residential address 309 Ninth avenue,) have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Door-Hangers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to door hangers of that kind in which a wheeled body is arranged to travel on a track for supporting the door.

One object of my invention is to provide an improved construction and arrangement for adjusting the door up and down on the hanger.

Another object is to provide a hanger in tails and features of construction and combinations tending to increase the general eciency and desirability of a door hanger of this particular character'.

To the foregoing and other useful ends my invention consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings-Figure l is a side elevation of a door hanger embodying the principles of my invention, viewed from the inside thereof, showing a portion of the door to which the attaching and adjusting means are secured. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the said hanger.` Fig. 3 is a vertical section on line 3 3 in Fig. '1, on a larger scale, showing the track and the side of the building in dotted lines. Fig. 4 is a perspective, on a still larger scale, of the upper portion of the bolt 'by which the door is supported for vertical adjustment, and the head of which bolt is formed to provide not only the pintle for the hinge, which cooperates with a shoulder on the hanger. to limit the hinge motion in one direction, whereby the door and the .wheeled body can swing outward depending serted through the lwhich rests in the relative to each other but not inward from the normal position thereof.

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises a body A provided at each end thereof with wheels a arranged to travel on a track of any suitable character, such as the track B indicated in Fig. 3, and having a portion C which is bent around the inner edge of the track at o, and which is provided with an upturned or hook shaped portion o1 at its lower end, the slot or notch c2 dividing said portion into two parts, and giving the lower end of said portion C a bifurcated character. The portion C is secured at its upper end by a bolta1 inbody. A vertically disposed bolt D is provided at its upper end with a cylindrical head or cross piece CZ bearing formed by the portion c1, thereby forming a hinge having a horizontal axis disposed directly below the tread of the wheels, said axis extending parallel with the upper edge of the door. The head of this bolt is also provided with a shoulder Z1 which engages the end or upper edge of the notch o2, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby the hinge motion is limited in one direction to prevent the door and wheeled body from swinging toward the building rela-tive to each other, from their normal or upright positions. As shown, the bolt D extends downward and swings in the notch c2, and said pintle Z is removable with the bolt in an upward and outward direction from the portion c1 which forms the supporting bearing for the hinge. The door E Vis recessed at e and el, as shown in Fig. 3,

and the bolt D extends downward through that portion of the door which is disposed between said recesses, the latter being formed on the inner surface of the door. A bracket plate F is provided with parallel and horizontal ears f and f1, at the upper and Vlower ends thereof, these ears being inserted respectively in the recesses el and e and embracing the portion of the door between said recesses. These ears f and f1 i are perforated to receive the bolt D, and the said bracket F and the door carried thereby are supported by a nut G which engages the underside of the ear f1, and which is screwed on to the lower screw threaded portion of the bolt D, whereby the door can be raised and lowered by the rotary adjust A tight on the bolt.

ment of said nut. The pintle (l holds the bolt D against rotation when the nut Gr is rotated. As shown in the drawings, vthe door has been adjusted upward until the ear f is in contact with the head of the bolt D, whereby the door is not adjustable any higher, but from this position the door can be lowered considerably, by screwing the nut G downward, and it will be understood that the proper adjustment of the door is determined by the conditions and circumstances of each case.

Any suitable means can be employed for securing the bracket plate F to the door. As shown, horizontal bolts H are inserted voutwardly through said plate, through the door, and through a plate. h in the outer surface of the door. These bolts H are provided at their outer ends with nuts h1, and the inner heads of the bolts are, it will' be seen, countersunk in the bracket plate, whereby the inner surface of the door is practically flush. It will be seen that the two bolts H are arranged at opposite sides of the bolt D and disposed in the same horizontal plane.

V'Vith the foregoing construction, it will be seen that the door is not only supported for vertical adjustment thereof, but that this adjustment is, furthermore, effected by means arranged inside of the door. With the adjusting mechanism thus protected from the weather, an easy adjustment is insured at all times as the nut will not rust Moreover, these advantages are all combined in a hanger which has a hinge connection between the door and the traveling hanger, inside the track, this hinging arrangement being desirable for various well known reasons, and being accomplished by utilizing the upper end of the adjusting bolt as a. pintle for the hinge. Thus everything is inside of the track and the door.

1 do not limit myself to the exact construction shown and described.

That I claim as my invention is l. A door hanger comprising a wheeled body arranged to travel on atrack for supporting the door, having a hinge formed with a stop to limit the hinge motion in one direction, adjusting means inside of the door to raise and lower the latter rela-tive to said hinge and body, and a connection entirely inside of said track to support the hinge on said body, said means including a vertical bolt, a door-supporting member movable up and down on said bolt, and a nut screwed on 1soaid bolt to engage the bottom of said mem- 2. A door hanger comprising a wheeled body arranged to travel on a track for supporting the door, having a hinge formed with a stop to limit the hinge motion in one direction, adjusting means inside of the door to raise and lower the latter relative to said hinge and body, and al connection entirely inside of said track to support the hinge on said' body, said means including a vertical bolt extending downward into the door betweenthe inner and outer sides thereof, and a' nut on the lower end of said bolt to raise and lower the door.

3. A door hanger comprising a wheeled body arranged to travel on a track for supporting the door, and adjusting means inside of the door to raise and lower the latter relative toy said body, said means including a bolt extending downward into the door, a bracket plate slidable on saidbolt and formed with top and bottoni ears embedded in the door, bolts inserted through the door and plate at opposite sides of said bolt to hold the plate in place, andy a nut screwed uponf the lower end of said bolt to engage the bottom ear of said plate, said door having recesses for the upper andi lower ends of said supporting bolt.

4. A door-hanger comprising a wheeled body arranged to travel on a track to support the door, and a hinge connection between the door and said body, said connection including a bolt secured to the door, a slotted bearing depending from said body, a pintle resting horizontally in said bearing, saidpintle forming the head of said bolt, and said head having a shoulder extending into said slot to engage the end thereof and thereby limit the hinge motion in one direction'.

5. AL door-hanger comprising a wheeled body arranged to travel on a track to support the door, and a hinge connection between the door and said body, said connection including a bolt secured to the door, a slotted bearing depending from said body, a

pintle resting horizontally yin said bearing,-

said pintle fbrming the head of said bolt, and said head having a shoulder extending into said slot to engage the end thereof and thereby limit the hinge motion in one direction, said pintle being directly below the wheelstread, and said shoulder being inside of said pintle.

6. A doorhanger comprising a wheeled body arranged to travel on a track to support the door, and a hinge connection between the door and said body, said connection including a bolt secured to the door, a slotted bearing depending from said body, a pintle resting horizontally in said bearing, said pintle forming the head of said bolt, and said head having a shoulder extending into said slot to engage the end thereof and thereby limit the hinge motion in one direction, said pintle being removable upwardly and outwardly from said bearing.

7. A door-hanger comprising a wheeled body arranged to travel on a track to support the door, and a hinge connection be- Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the tion, said bolt having a nut for raising and lowering the door. 10

Signed by me at Sterling, Illinois.

PETER FRANTZ. Witnesses JOSEPH WILLIAM WENTSEL, CHARSES WILSON LEASE.

Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

